From the moment I walked through the door, the experience dealing with progressive has been nothing less than amazing. I started off at the Belmont location before transferring out to Cicero and the transition couldn't be any smoother. The instructors and the office staff and very friendly and they are always there to help you out with everything . I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Thanks for everything guys ! Read Less

From the min I walked in the door and met Maria I knew I was in the right place. Excellent customer service,professional instructors and all around excellent experience from start to graduation. Maria has been present throughout the whole journey with positive encouragement and her great smile. Jerry's awesome teaching techniques and style made it easy to comprehend all the information needed. He is a VITAL part of my success in this program. The staff and instructors at Cicero are just as incredible and VITAL. Mr. Vito and his staff excel at providing top notch service to all the students. As a employed graduate, I know I made the perfect choice. Thank you Progressive family for everything. Read Less

My overall experience was great at this school. The instructors were very knowledgable and understanding that I was a student driver and helped me very throughly every step of the way. I highly recommend this school to whomever wants to peruse a truck driving career, this is the place to start! Read Less

This school remind me of the old Eastern Europe socialism. The owner of school acts like a dictator, with no respect for the student neither her employees. If I can give them 5 stars BELOW  believe me I would. The whole Cicero facility is a big mess.1/ over 60 student in one class, but wait for it. Here's the good part ( no instructions or teachers for most times)2/one bathroom for all students both males and females including the stuff and the employees. Sometimes you have to wait for 5 minutes to change your menstrual pads.3/ old trucks, ooh let me rephrase it actually I mean antiques trucks.4/ most instructors are mean, rude, just yelling most of the time. Wait for it, cause I'm not done yet ( most of them with big accent that we don't know what the hick they're talking about at all time)5/ this is my favorite, are you ready??? Well the school have double standards, if WIA grant is paying for your training than you're Mom's Gina favorite boy, other ways if you're the 5% of student that paid cash with your hard working money, you'll pushed at the end of the training courses, Abundant just like a bastard. Then they start their famous scam sucking your blood and your hard working $$$$$$$And the list goes on and on.......PROGRESSIVE=== DEPRESSIVE Read Less

one star, but only to advice every one to please don't go there,  they will not train you, they give you 15 minutes of skills class and they record in there computer 2 hours,  every hour cost $150.00 so they are tift. they treat you like you are a begger,  they are bad no customer service and no respect for the students.  progressive is depressive and a total disaster. Read Less

Terrible customer service. I paid for initial tuition fee for someone else and when i came there to get a refund, they say they cant refund the transaction. All they want is your money. I am reporting this to BBB. This place needs to be shut down. Read Less

my dad used to be a trucker for a very long time he pass on 3months ago he was gone for awhile on the road but he love driving that was his thing...cute thing about is everyone had A haddle and his was papa smurf ?.but I was so proud of him cause he always brought home the Bacon so call money .I always respect those trucker ..for doing there job thank you all for working so hard bringing us the produced and what ever else you Cary ..so god bless you all so much love you truckers..., Read Less

If your looking for a career in trucking PROGRESSIVE is miles ahead . From start to finish they walk you thru the entire process.They have over 25 trucks, and a full time mechanic to ensure everything is up and running. Read Less

The Iraqi army is better organized than the staff at  progressive and they treat you like your in middle school. They take on more students then their facility can hold and pack you in like rats.  Look else where. Read Less

At first I was a little hesitant on going to get my CDL but after visiting the school,I rather looked forward to coming here. Let me tell you I wasn't disappointed great staff, awesome instructors. I especially want to send a shout out to Marcos the driving instructor at the Cicero location. An awesome experience overall Read Less

I graduated from the Cicero location big shout out to Lee my skills instructor thank u so much for being patient and supportive. Salvador much love and respect for your patience and wonderful instruction on the road. John and Clyde for teaching me pre-trip u guys r the best! Gabriel for being supportive and informative on the road. I love u guys I will never forget u thank u sooooo much! Read Less

Just Graduated yesterday. Great program. Great instructors on both sides. Belmont is where i started. (Nominating Best Instructor) "Matt Johnson" To where it ended in Cicero. Thank you Pete, Lee, Tim, And George. For the guidance to become apart of the Trucking Industry!! Read Less

I sooo loved this truck driving school! Great school, great instructors; learned so much! Its been about 2 n 1/2 years already since I graduated n have been teaming n touring the world with my wonderful hubby! We are OTR (over the road) O/O (owner operators) and I don't know of a better way to make a living, while also spending quality time n sight seeing with my hubby! I miss the students that attended when I did, and the instructors couldn't have been more professional n like family! Karolina, Bob, Juan, Mario, John, Bruce, there was a few more but I can't remember their names right now! Anyway, ya'll keep up the great work!! Debbie n Dave Read Less

I highly discourage anyone from signing up with Progressive Truck Driving in order to obtain a CDL A License. There are a number of reasons why I discourage anyone from signing up with Progressive and why I regret having taken their course; a student is not guaranteed a CDL after taking any of their courses; additional testing starts at $400; the curriculum is set up so students are almost certain to fail the CDL exam; there is no real instruction given in the classroom time; the school is constantly flip-flopping classroom instructors; students are required to buy a $70 book from Progressive that is not necessary for the course; students are required to sit through numerous recruiting sessions from Trucking companies like Schneider and Swift; a student will not be given a certificate of completion of the course until they apply to one of the recruiting companies; and the school performs random drug tests on their students while the student is enrolled.As a graduate of Progressive, who passed the CDL A exam, I recommend you not to patronize Progressive Driving School. Save yourself a giant headache and money by researching other schools and applying elsewhere. And when you do choose a school, make sure it guarantees a CDL upon completion of their course. Read Less

I highly discourage anyone from signing up with Progressive Truck Driving in order to obtain a CDL A License. There are a number of reasons why I discourage anyone from signing up with Progressive and why I regret having taken their course; a student is not guaranteed a CDL after taking any of their courses; additional testing starts at $400; the curriculum is set up so students are almost certain to fail the CDL exam; there is no real instruction given in the classroom time; the school is constantly flip-flopping classroom instructors; students are required to buy a $70 book from Progressive that is not necessary for the course; students are required to sit through numerous recruiting sessions from Trucking companies like Schneider and Swift; a student will not be given a certificate of completion of the course until they apply to one of the recruiting companies; and the school performs random drug tests on their students while the student is enrolled.As a graduate of Progressive, who passed the CDL A exam, I recommend you not to patronize Progressive Driving School. Save yourself a giant headache and money by researching other schools and applying elsewhere. And make sure the school you decide upon can guarantee a CDL upon completion of their course. Progressive cannot do this. Read Less

As a graduate of Progressive, who passed the CDL A exam, I recommend you not to patronize Progressive Driving School.  Save yourself a giant headache and money by researching other schools and applying elsewhere.  There are a number of reasons why I discourage anyone from signing up with Progressive and why I regret having taken their course; a student is not guaranteed a CDL after taking any of their courses; additional testing starts at $400; the curriculum is set up so students are almost certain to fail the CDL exam; there is no real instruction given in the classroom time; the school is constantly flip-flopping classroom instructors; students are required to buy a $70 book from Progressive that is not necessary for the course; students are required to sit through numerous recruiting sessions from Trucking companies like Schneider and Swift; a student will not be given a certificate of completion of the course until they apply to one of the recruiting companies; and the school performs random drug tests on their students while the student is enrolled in the program.This school is a business, first and foremost.  Making money is their main objective.  Find a school that guarantees a CDL at graduation.  Progressive is not one of them. Read Less

Thank god I did not attend this school. I hear from former students that this school has many hidden fees, they been lied to, not enough instructors, too many students, trucks are in very poor shape, and promised the world. Also heard that they do not care if you pass the CDL test and charge through the roof for any extra services. Read Less

Can't recommend not going here enough. NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL. They're not organized. Often times you have to go to get driving training and they don't have an instructor available. They take too many students and they don't have enough instructors for all of them. You end up driving all the way out to Elgin and get there and they tell you there's no time today for training because they don't have an instructor available. They told us to go back to the class location on Belmont even though we had nothing left to do there. The trucks they show on their website are nothing like what they really have and they don't have a bus either which is also shown on the website. The also added three weeks onto the end of my four week training period. They didn't have enough time to complete the training and too many students. This place is only interested in bringing in as many students as possible to make money. Once you're in they don't care about you anymore. Don't go here unless you want to waste your time and money. Read Less

this place was painless -- i didn't think i could go back to school to learn how to drive a truck but this school must be one of the best. the instructors are so good and they have computers and videos to help you learn Read Less